Brentford vs Wolves

22 January 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Ivan Toney 71’
  • João Moutinho 48’
  • Rúben Neves 78’

Match summary

Wolves won 2-1 away at Brentford. It was goalless at half-time.

João Moutinho put Wolves ahead in the 48th minute, set up by Nélson Semedo, Ivan Toney equalised in the 71st minute, set up by Bryan Mbeumo, and Rúben Neves won it in the 78th minute, set up by João Moutinho.

Brentford can feel hard done by, creating 0.74 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Wolves's 0.22 from 7.

Match stats

Brentford Wolves
11 Shots 7
1 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.74 xG 0.22
0.74 Non-penalty xG 0.22
6 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Brentford Wolves
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
48’
João Moutinho
Assist: Nélson Semedo
0-1 (Wolves)
Ivan Toney
Assist: Bryan Mbeumo
1-1 (Brentford)
71’
78’
Rúben Neves
Assist: João Moutinho
1-2 (Wolves)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Brentford
  • Pontus Jansson
  • Christian Nørgaard
Wolves
  • José Sá
  • Toti
  • Rúben Neves

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.74 0.22 48’ João Moutinho (Wolves), 0-1 48’ 71’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 1-1 71’ 78’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), 1-2 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.74 0.22 48’ João Moutinho (Wolves), 0-1 Moutinho 48’ 71’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 1-1 Toney 71’ 78’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), 1-2 Neves 78’
Brentford 0.74 xGWolves 0.22 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Brentford attacking 
90’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 89’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), set piece, 0.12 xG, blocked 4’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 48’ João Moutinho (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 71’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 20’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 73’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 3’ Fabio Silva (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 19’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 81’ Marcus Forss (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 66’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 71’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), set piece, 0.02 xG, goal 78’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 30’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Fabio Silva (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 89’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), set piece, 0.12 xG, blocked 4’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 48’ João Moutinho (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 71’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 20’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 73’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 3’ Fabio Silva (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 19’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 81’ Marcus Forss (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 66’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 71’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), set piece, 0.02 xG, goal 78’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 47’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 30’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 64’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Fabio Silva (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jonas Lössl GK900 0.000.000
Ethan Pinnock DEF902 0.110.000
Kristoffer Ajer DEF901 0.050.000
Pontus Jansson DEF900 0.000.000
Sergi Canos MID902 0.150.000
Rico Henry MID250 0.000.000
Christian Nørgaard MID900 0.000.121
Vitaly Janelt MID900 0.000.112
Mathias Jensen MID260 0.000.061
Bryan Mbeumo FWD9011 0.070.021
Ivan Toney FWD9013 0.280.031
Shandon Baptiste Sub640 0.000.000
Mads Roerslev Sub590 0.000.000
Yoane Wissa Sub61 0.030.000
Marcus Forss Sub11 0.050.000
Saman Ghoddos Sub10 0.000.041

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 39% Avg odds 2.48
Draw 32% Avg odds 3.04
Wolves win 29% Avg odds 3.25

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.